Vocabulary
How to Use the English Verb ‘Like’ Correctly
The verb like is one of the most commonly used verbs in English. However, it is also one of the most commonly…
Archive
Month: May 2010
29 lessons · Page 3 of 3
Vocabulary
English Teacher Melanie: English Expression Explained: Better Late Than Never!
In the listening lesson “What would we do without mothers?”, I used the expression better late than never: It probably would have…
Podcast
English Teacher Melanie: Listening – Lesson #2 “What Would We Do Without Mothers?”
This is an English lesson designed to help you improve your English listening and pronunciation. The listening lesson is a short story…
Grammar
English Teacher Melanie: Grammar – Nouns That Act Like Adjectives
In English, sometimes we use a noun like an adjective. A noun can be used before another noun, in order to give…
Grammar
English Vocabulary: Compound Nouns (Nouns That Act Like Adjectives!)
Have you noticed that sometimes a noun is used to describe another noun? Here are some examples from the listening lesson “Stars…
Grammar
English Teacher Melanie: Vocabulary – Verbs Used To Talk About Sports
In English, we use three different verbs to talk about sports:play ~ do ~ go 1) Use PLAY for team sports, ball…
Vocabulary
English Teacher Melanie: Expression Explained: “Kurt Browning is the Wayne Gretzky of Figure Skating”
In the listening lesson “Stars on Ice”, I used the metaphor “Kurt Browning is the Wayne Gretzky of figure skating.” This is…
Podcast
English Teacher Melanie: Listening Lesson – “Stars on Ice”
This is an English lesson designed to help you practice and improve your English listening and pronunciation skills. The listening lesson is…
English Teacher Melanie: April Recap
Did you miss a post last month? No problem! Here is all the information I posted in April. This was my blog’s…